The characteristics of fibers suspensions depend on the properties of fibers, the suspending fluid, and fiber-fiber interactions. This thesis demonstrates the development and application of a novel coupled method (lattice ...

In this thesis, we investigate the structural and dynamical properties of nano-confined liquids by
means of a new AFM-based technique that has the ability to measure normal force, lateral force, and the distance between ...

A suspension flow model based on the "suspension balance" approach has been developed. This work modifies the model to allow the solution of suspension flows under general flow conditions. This requires the development of ...

An innovative precisely interconnected chip (PIC) technology is currently under development at IBM to seek more effective means of creating system chips. The objective of this research is developing fabrication methods to ...

Determination of the relation between the bulk or rheological properties of a particle suspension and its microscopic structure is an old and important problem in physical science. In general, the rheology of particle ...

The studies of the dynamics, phase behavior, interparticle interactions, and hydrodynamics of stimuli-responsive pNIPAm-co-AAc microgels were described in this thesis. Due to their responsiveness to external stimuli, these ...

In order to study suspensions of deformable particles, a hybrid numerical technique was developed that combined a lattice-Boltzmann (LB) fluid solver with a finite element (FE) solid-phase solver. The LB method accurately ...

The spinning process of hollow fiber membranes was investigated with regards to two fundamental phenomena: flow (shear and elongation) and phase separation. Quantitative analysis of phase separation kinetics of binary ...

The goal of this thesis is to study the role of single particle elasticity in the overall behavior of particulate systems. For this purpose, we use microgel particles, which are crosslinked polymer networks immersed in a ...